Florida Gov. Rick Scott claps during his State of the State speech on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Tallahassee. At right is Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville.

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Jeff Burlew|Tallahassee Democrat

Gov. Rick Scott bragged about the state's economic turn-around, discussed his own early years as a struggling businessman and took a jab at his opponent in the 2014 governor's race Tuesday during his State of the State address.

Speaking before a joint session of the Legislature in House chambers, Scott said that since taking office in 2011, taxes have been cut 24 times, more than 3,000 regulations on small businesses have been cut and nearly 1 million jobs have been added. Though he didn't mention former Gov. Charlie Crist by name, he said the previous administration presided over the loss of ...